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Maxim Behar: PR is happening in Cannes from the first to the last second

Maxim Behar

The "Directors' Fortnight" selection includes 30 films that oppose the dominant ideology. The film business was in hibernation because of the big and firm commitments. Host: Not only that - one of the actresses in Konstantin Bozhanov's film won an award. Maxim: It wasn't just the dress but the film and the director.

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Liz Truss v Rishi Sunak: Who’s winning the social media war?

Mark My Words

Sunak’s social media strategy is masterminded by Cass Horowitz, son of best-selling novelist Anthony Horowitz. Liz Truss’s social team, run by Reuben Solomon, former head of digital at the Conservative Party, and a protege of Boris Johnson’s favourite election strategist Sir Lynton Crosby, have played it safer so far.

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The Death of the Press Release.

Maxim Behar

Thanks to the social media revolution, we are in the afterlife. Another factor driving another nail in the press release’s coffin is that whatever is left of traditional journalism has begun using social media as their primary source for news stories. And there is no coming back.

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Where To Find Public Relations Entry-Level Jobs

Doctor Spin

Media outlets. Newspapers, magazines, television stations, and online media companies may have entry-level positions in their PR or communications departments. Digital marketing- and social media agencies. Digital marketing- and social media agencies. Marketing agencies. Event planning companies.

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“Speaking” through music is a great challenge but also a responsibility.

Maxim Behar

Thirty-five years ago, I was among the founders of a beautiful newspaper in Bulgaria - the "Standart" newspaper, which still exists today, and I read it with pleasure. Back then, when there was no social media, that was the only way to make a mistake, and everyone would see how you made it. Whether in a book or a film.

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Dior sticks by Johnny Depp in defiance of ‘wife beater’ ruling

Mark My Words

Depp has been ordered to pay the Sun newspaper an initial amount of £630,000 in legal fees after the court found this month that there was overwhelming evidence that he attacked his then wife, Amber Heard, during the mid-2010s. These fashion companies live in their own bubble, it’s like The Devil Wears Prada [film].

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Media 102? A brief update to media 101

PR in High Definition

They’re the main players that make up the journalist line-up that you’ll find in every national newspaper in the UK today. The gig economy as a whole has boomed in the UK in recent years and the media has benefited from this; the number of freelancers contributing to newspapers and magazines feels at an all-time high.

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